convexhull.Rd
\name{convexhull}
\alias{convexhull}
\title{Convex Hull}
\description{
Computes the convex hull of a spatial object.
}
\usage{
convexhull(x)
}
\arguments{
\item{x}{
a window (object of class \code{"owin"}),
a point pattern (object of class \code{"ppp"}),
a line segment pattern (object of class \code{"psp"}),
or an object that can be converted to a window
by \code{\link{as.owin}}.
}
}
\value{
A window (an object of class \code{"owin"}).
}
\details{
This function computes the convex hull of the spatial object \code{x}.
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{owin}},
\code{\link{convexhull.xy}},
\code{\link{is.convex}}
}
\examples{
data(demopat)
W <- Window(demopat)
plot(convexhull(W), col="lightblue", border=NA)
plot(W, add=TRUE, lwd=2)
}
\author{\adrian
and \rolf
}
\keyword{spatial}
\keyword{utilities}